Software Engineer, Documentation Infrastructure

About the Role 

Our team supports the Qt R&D teams in developing and maintaining the documentation for Qt and related products. We're a team of five, and you are possibly the sixth. The team consists of software engineers and technical writers, who share a passion for high quality software documentation. We are looking for a (senior) software engineer who appreciates the value of world-class API documentation and test-driven development. 

Technical writers with demonstrable software engineering skills are also encouraged to apply. 

 

You will 

  • Support development teams across multiple sites in developing and maintaining documentation for Qt and related products, such as Qt for MCUs, Qt for Python, Qt Creator and Qt Design Studio IDEs, as well as Qt for Android Automotive. 
  • Maintain the publishing infrastructure for daily documentation snapshots and final releases 
  • Develop and maintain QDoc, our documentation generation tool 
  • Maintain the doc.qt.io and doc-snapshots.qt.io websites 
  • Plan and develop the features of QDoc, Qt's own documentation generator (based on LLVM/Clang) 
  • Review code contributions from your team mates, other teams, and open source community contributors 

 

About you 

  • Experience in C++, we use C++ 17 
  • Experience with build tools like CMake or Ninja 
  • Experience with different platforms: Windows, macOS and Linux 
  • Focus on quality  
  • Excellent communication skills 
  • Previous experience working with technical documentation is a plus 
  • Advanced English communication skills both verbal and written (English is our corporate language) 

 

What We Offer 

  • Group life insurance, health insurance and a pension scheme 
  • Nice office in Nydalen, centrally located in Oslo and easily reachable by public transport 
  • Internet reimbursement up to 500 NOK per month 
  • Mobile phone and subscription 
  • Dental treatment discounts in Oslo 
  • Flexible hours that focus on work/life balance 
  • Possibility to work up to 3 days/week from home  
  • Language learning platform (Babbel) 
  • Full support for your mental health at work and home via Auntie Program 
  • A friendly, diverse, and sociable workplace  
  • Great colleagues from all over the world 
  • Relocation assistance 

 

Be yourself at Qt 

At Qt, we appreciate the individual differences of our employees and aim to promote diversity through all our practices. We provide a workplace that generates equal opportunities regardless of gender, religion, national origin, age, disabilities, and any other factors. We have unique products, but our people make us exceptional. We strongly encourage people from all groups to apply – we welcome you as you are. 

We would like to know more about you. Tell us about your skills, strengths, and knowledge, but even more importantly about yourself.